Path: utzoo!yunexus!maccs!gordan
From: gordan@maccs.McMaster.CA (gordan)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: A golden opportunity
Summary: Recent FCC decision on HDTV
Message-ID: <1411@maccs.McMaster.CA>
Date: 7 Sep 88 03:28:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: maccs.1411
Reply-To: gordan@maccs.UUCP ()
Distribution: can
Organization: Worldwide Phlogiston Cartel
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Well, if you've read the New York Times or Wall Street Journal lately
(or rec.arts.tv and rec.video), you know that the FCC in the United
States has decreed a standard for HDTV (high-definition television).

Unfortunately it's incompatible with both the Japanese and European
standards.  But, hey, standards are a Good Thing, and the more the
merrier, eh?

I sure hope this hasn't escaped the attention of the CRTC.  Just
imagine, Canada could adopt the European HDTV standard instead!  With
one bold and visionary master stroke, we could safeguard Canadian
culture forever by making it impossible to watch American TV shows.
And, gosh folks, wouldn't that be wonderful?
-- 
                 Gordan Palameta
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